American Gods is a phantasmagoric trip through the immigrant soul of America.
Whether you’ve read the novel or not, this TV show is for you.
ThisAmerican Godsreview is based on the first four episodes of the season.
There are so many possible entry points to StarzAmerican Gods.
Are you a Neil Gaiman fan?
A Bryan Fuller fan?
A fan of Ian McShane, Gillian Anderson, or Orlando Jones?
All of those people have played a part in bringing this story to the screen.
This show is for you.
He brings the same meticulous care, vision, and imagination to all of his shows.American Godsis no exception.
They just want to get the heck out of Dodge and you cant blame them.
Finally, however, the TV industry is starting to catch up with their kind of storytelling.
Will someone buy a Starz subscription to watchAmerican Gods?
Then it has value.
The passion that Fuller and Greens shows inspire has value.
Why am I waxing poetic for so long about the creators of this TV adaptation?
Because the curious weirdness they have brought to their previous projects is on full display inAmerican Gods.
And with a Neil Gaiman story no less!
Shadow and Mr. Wednesday couldnt be any more different.
All that Mr. Wednesday is comes from belief his own belief and the belief of others.
Meanwhile, Shadow only believes in the things he can see, touch, and understand.
The world is either crazy or you are.
Theyre both solid options, Mr. Wednesday tells Shadow during their cross-country recruiting road trip.
There are bigger sacrifices one might be asked to make than going a little mad.
In other words, just go with it.
The cast has no weak spots, but McShane is particularly great here.
Whittle holds his own opposite McShane (an example: Fuck your vocabulary, OK?
As much as I love Shadows story, these are the highlights of the show for me.
Brief, bright, unflinching peeks into the belief-narratives that make up the wobbly foundation of our country.
A particular Coming to America highlight comes in the second episode, The Secret of the Spoon.
The New Gods dont look exactly the same, for example.
Sixteen years ago, what did we worship when it came to technology and media?
Certainly not the things we do now, even if they fall into the same category.
TheAmerican GodsTV show doesnt feel so much like an updating as it does an expansion.
However, theres something about seeing these images and characters on-screen that fundamentally changes this story.
TV is my preferred form of storytelling.
I believe what I can see and feel in long-form, serialized television.
Theres something unfair about watching this story as a TV show.
It recognizes that the truth is probably more complicated than that.
It simply wants you to ask the questions and come along for this wild ride.
If you do, you wont be disappointed.
American Gods premieres on April 30th on Starz.
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Rating:
5 out of 5
